Badge-button.



G. H. BROOKS.

BADGE BUTTON. APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 21, 1903.

. WITNESSES .INVENTOH ATTONE) PATENTED APR. 4, 1905.

UNITED STATES Patented April 4, 1905.

PATENT OEEIcE.

GEORGE HENRY BROOKS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO ABRAHAM KNOBEL AND F. H. KAPPA, OF

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BADGE-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,262, dated April 4,1905.

Application filed December 21,1903. SerialNo. 186,058.

T0 all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, GEORGE HENRY BRooxs, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Badge-Button, of which thefollowing is a specification. 4

My improvement relates especially to attachin g-pins for badge-buttonswhich have the back closed by aplate called the button-backf and theobjects of my improvement are to provide a pin for fasteningbadge-buttons to the garment of the wearer whichshall be securely andfirmly locked in the button-back, so that it does not flop out of itsnormal place into the way when the button is being put together in thebutton-machine, to provide a pin which is firm and easily stuck into thecloth of the garment, secure fastening to the garment, ease of placingthe point of the pin in its keeper, thorough protection of the point inthe keeper, so that it will not catch the cloth and tear the fiber, easeof forming the pin, ease of threading the pin into the button-back, andsaving of wire. These objects I attain by means of the devicesillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 4 areplan views of the button-back with the pin inserted. Figs. 2 and 5 areplan views of the inside of the button-back, showing the pin in place;and Figs. 3 and 6 are perspective views of the pin.

Similar reference-numerals refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

Considerable difiiculty has heretofore been experienced by button-makersfrom loose or semiloose pins flopping into the way when placing theshells and backs into the crimpingmachine, causing damage to the pinsand other parts of the button, and much loss of time. I have overcomethis diificulty by means of my device herein described.

The conventional button back 1 has the usual depressed edge, raised rim,and flat circular depressed portion in the center. A perforation 8 forthe pin 2 is pierced in the raised rim, and at the point diametricallyopposite the metal of the body of back 1 is struck up to form a tongueor keeper for the point of the pin, extending from the raised rimsomewhat toward the center of the back. The portion of the pin 2 that isinserted in the garment extends normally diametrically across the backfrom pin-perforation 8 to keeper 7 The extension of the pin-shank passesthrough pin-perforation 8 to the inner side of the back, as shown inFigs. 2 and 5, thence passes across the inner side of the fiat depressedcentral portion of the back, returning to the inner side of keeper 7.Here the blunt end 6 makes a sharp turn and passes through the openingformed by striking up and severing the inner end of keeper 7 andreappears through said opening on the outer side of back 1 at the baseof keeper 7. The inner shank of pin 2 does not extend, diametricallystraight across the flat circular portion of back 1, but is formedzigzag or otherwise, so that at least three points on the shank notlying in the same straight line bear firmly against the back or someportion of the button, thus giving the pin stability, so that it willnot tilt or fiop or drop out when the point is out of its tongue orkeeper or at any other time after the pin is once threaded into theback. I prefer to form the pin as shown in the drawings, where the innershank is represented in zigzag form. Of course the same effect may beobtained by enlarging the curves and angles or multiplying them; but inthat case the principle involved is identical. Figs. 3 and 6 differ butslightlyfrom one another. In Fig. 3 the blunt end 6 is approximately orquite straight and parts t and 5 are angular, whereas in Fig. 6 theblunt end 6 is bent in the opposite direction to 5 at 9 and portions land 5 are more regularly curved.

The curves or angles, as the case may be, I, 5, and 9 are all in thesameplane, represented in the drawings as in the plane of the paper, andbend 3, which passes through perforation 8, is perpendicular to theplane of the paper.

The pin is easily threaded into the back by inserting end 6 through thetongue-perforation, inserting the point of the pin in the pinperforation8 and pushing itth rough till parts 4 and 5 bear firmly against theinner side of the button-back, and then pressing the pin down till thepoint is under keeper 7.

There are several circumstances that conspire to make the pin firm inthe back. The side of the right-angle keeper-perforation adjacent to thecenter of the button-back 7 being transverse to the intersectingdiameter of the button-back, when end 6 is inserted therein and swunground in order to poke the point out through perforation 8 the part 5 6cramps in the keeper-perforation and sinks firmly into the angles of theperforation, and the slight bend of the wire at 9 gives it a hookeffect, and when the point of the pin 2 is bent down after threadingthrough the bending of the wire at angle 3 tends to shorten the portion3 6, so that parts 3 and 5 6 are drawn together, causing them to bearagainst the inncrsides of perforation 8 and the keeper-perforation,respectively, and this force also tends to unbend the bend 4, so that,the wire being springy, when the point of pin 2 is released the deviceis not loosened, but, on the contrary, the bend 4 endeavors to resumeits normal shape and shortens portion 3 6, thus causing the pin toremain firm and erect.

It will be understood that the under side of the shank of pin 2 where itpasses in through perforation 8 presses on the outer surface of thebutton back 1, and end 6 also presses against the outer surface of back1 after passing through the keeper-perforation,and there fore portion 35 hugs the inner side of the backl firmly, preventing tilting of the pinat 3, 4, and 5, three points. Neither the front shell of the button norany padding of any kind is relied upon for this result, but thecombination of the pin and back herein described alone.

I am aware that the button-back that I use with my improved pin iscommon in the art, and I do not desire to claim any of its featurcs; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, 1s-

1. In a badge-button, the combination with a back-plate having apin-perforation near its periphery and an angular perforation formed bystriking up the keeper for the point of the pin diametrically oppositesaid pin-perforation, of a securing-pin comprising a pinpointed shankprotruding from said pin-perforation, and an integral erective andtensionspring portion extending in zigzag form across the inner side ofsaid back-plate, the blunt end of Which passes through said angularperforation formed by striking up the keeper for the point of the pinand having its blunt end lying on and pressing against the outer side ofsaid back-plate, substantially as specified.

2. In a badge-button, the combination of a back having a perforation forthe pin, and a tongue or keeper for the point of the pin struck up inthe body of said back, a perforation formed by striking up said tongueor keeper, and a pin havingits blunt end portion bent at an angle andpassing through said perforation formed by striking up said tongue orkeeper, a zigzag portion lying close to and across the inner side ofsaid back, and a pinshank portion protruding from the said perforationfor the pin, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a badge-button, the combination of a button-back having apin-perforation and a keeper-perforation, and a pin having at its bluntend an angular cramping member for cramping in said keeper-perforation,an erective member extending in a zigzag fashion closely across theinner side of the central depressed portion of said back, said zigzagerective portion forming also a tension-spring for holding the shank ofthe pin firm in said perforations, and a pointed protruding pin portion,substantially as specified.

GEORGE HENRY BROOKS.

itnesses:

F. 1'. KINeirroN, A. KNoBuL.

